same $100k income, fresh start from Pittsburgh
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spokane
WA
47.66°N
117.43°W
Spokane is eastern Washington's anchor city, very different from Seattle: drier, sunnier, with the Spokane River tumbling through downtown in actual waterfalls. Riverfront Park (built for the 1974 World's Fair) is the city's living room. Bing Crosby was born here. Mt. Spokane and Coeur d'Alene Lake are nearby. The Bloomsday run every May draws around 40,000 people. Affordable and outdoorsy.
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cheaper each month than Pittsburgh
Not a fortune, but real money. Spokane runs cheaper than Pittsburgh month over month.
a quick ledger.
$1,520/mo
3% more expensive than Pittsburgh(vs $1,473/mo)
0%
$256/mo less in state tax than Pittsburgh
vs 3.07% in Pittsburgh
$6,813/mo
$208 more than Pittsburgh
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$420k
89% more expensive than Pittsburgh
vs $223k in Pittsburgh
600k
vs 2.4M in Pittsburgh
field notes, weather & such.
164
pleasant days a year, in spokane.
Pittsburgh keeps to 161 pleasant days a year.
Lighter on events: Pittsburgh packs 2.1× more into a month.
81/100
17% higher than Pittsburgh
vs 69/100 in Pittsburgh
Closest outdoor draw: Mount Spokane, 16.5 mi.
91/100
8% lower than Pittsburgh
vs 99/100 in Pittsburgh
10
73% fewer than Pittsburgh
vs 37 nonstops in Pittsburgh
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